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16 May 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Young Christian woman raped and murdered in Orissa, Christians in shock: "The massacre continues"
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - A targeted killing against the Christian community in Orissa: banita Pradhan, a 17 year old Christian girl was raped and killed. According to Christians, extremist groups that continue to r ...
16 May 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA-According to HRW 800 people have died in clashes in northern Nigeria, the Bishop of Kano has confirmed that now the situation is calm
Kano (Agenzia Fides) - "I have not seen the report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) yet, so I cannot comment on it," said Archbishop John Namazi Niyiring, Bishop of Kano, northern Nigeria. According to a report released today ...
16 May 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Volunteers of "Operation Dove" of Pope John XXIII community denounce the seriousness of the situation in northern Colombia
Cordoba (Fides Service) - Paramilitary groups are threatening the local farmers living in the district of Cordoba, in the north of Colombia, so that they abandon the area around the artificial lake created by the Urra da ...
16 May 2011
ASIA/SYRIA-"Christians at risk if Alawite regime falls, "says a missionary
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "If the Alawite regime of Bashar al Hassad falls, the Christian minorities are at great risk. The risk is to see what happened in Iraq, after the fall of Saddam Hussein "is what Fr. Paul Karam, ...
16 May 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The government denounces new massacres in the south-west; the Bishops launch appeals for national reconciliation
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the fighting ceased days ago in Abidjan, the population still live in a climate of insecurity. Despite this, life is returning back to normality" Church sources told Fides from Abidjan ...
16 May 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA-Severe food crisis in the country affected by drought and conflict
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The recent drought has wiped out most of the cattle in the Somali region and has caused a surge in grain prices throughout the country. The rains expected this year arrived late and inadequate ...
16 May 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA- More commitment to respect minorities is necessary in African countries
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Association in Defence of Human Rights Minority Rights Group (MRG) has urged African countries to intensify its commitment to respect the rights of minority groups. In the Report 2011 titled ...
16 May 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - After Bin Laden: programs for youth rehabilitation manipulated by the Talibans
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Talibans have done serious damage on the minds of children and young people. Their propaganda through songs, media, family visits, education, direct training, have attracted children and y ...
14 May 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Chaplain of the University "Minuto de Dios" killed in the street to steal his mobile phone
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Eudista priest, father Gustavo Garcia, 34, Chaplain of the University "Minuto de Dios", was murdered in Bogotá by an individual who attacked him to steal his mobile phone, as confirmed by t ...
14 May 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA-"A truce is necessary for the the civilian population to breathe again, " said Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "I repeat that I have never said that Gaddafi has been injured, or gone abroad, " Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli says to Fides, referring to some news rele ...
14 May 2011
ASIA/CHINA-Reconstruction of the churches, the Mass, prayer meetings: the Catholic community in Si Chuan recalls the three-year journey to rise from the earthquake
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) –To always have a heart full of gratitude to the Lord, forgive and pray, to be ready to welcome the coming of the Lord, have the weak and needy at heart: these are the dominant feelings in the l ...
14 May 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-Violence in Santo Domingo: "One does not want to recognize the seriousness of this evil" complains Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, warned about the "seriousness and complexity" in which violence is manifested today in Dominican society and urged t ...
14 May 2011
AFRICA/KENYA-Food and security: the appeal of the Bishop of Lodwar to the local government
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Following the violent attacks of the Ethiopian Merille tribe against the population of Kenya, Archbishop Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar, urged the Government to strengthen ...
14 May 2011
AMERICA/JAMAICA - From Kingston an ecumenical appeal for peace-building in all environments
Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 22 the Sunday World Peace will be celebrated in Kingston, Jamaica. Christians are particularly invited on this occasion to be peacemakers in their communities, including the of ...
14 May 2011
EUROPE/POLAND - "Worshipping Jesus for 24 hours in the Word": Ecumenical Bible Marathon in Czestochowa
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Marathon of the Bible which was held for 24 hours on days 13 -14 May in the church of the Holy Name of Mary in Czestochowa during the III Bible Week: one of initiatives of the Polish Chu ...
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